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bruce alexander

@jackofallthumbs.bsky.social

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Retired teacher, microbiologist living in rural NC. Since the victory of the Cult of The Orange Shitgibbon, I’m busy practicing my Molotov Cocktail toss if it comes to it. The photo is mine. So is the dog. And four others. And three cats. Wife. Chickens.

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bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 23h

Three of our five.

bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a great typo.

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bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for a clean copy of this.

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 2d

Today, the US federal government honors a Genovese man who did his own research.

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bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 2d

Ouch.

bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 2d

Incapable.
He’s a sociopath.

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 2d

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

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bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 2d

What’s the word for sad + angry?

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LR Detherage @lr-detherage.bsky.social · 2d

Everybody needs to remember that the House of Representatives has been in session for less than two weeks this term

Based on his yearly salary, Mike Johnson is making about $2000 an hour being third in line for the presidency and lying for Trump

$2000 an hour

From our pockets

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bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 2d

Snort.

putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 2d

I am sick of Trump.

Let's laugh.

bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 2d

Okay. As a dog ‘owner’, this made me laugh. Thank you.

bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 2d

Bravo.

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 3d

I’m usually pretty skeptical of anything Trump says but his post about Biden’s FBI placing 274 agents in the crowd on Jan 6th is scary, if it’s true the sitting POTUS at the time needs a one way ticket to GITMO, am I right, MAGA?

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bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 3d

Wisdom.

Glenn Storm @glennstorm.bsky.social · 3d

A reminder:

This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone

This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.

Act accordingly

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bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 3d

Wisdom.

bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 3d

I subscribed when it was paper. Delivered by a mailman. It’s where I learned about a concerning rise in a rare cancer among gay men. Yeah. Later, I was called AIDS.

bruce alexander @jackofallthumbs.bsky.social · 3d

Pittsboro, NC.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.